英闻天下——322 China to Keep Property Market in Check

 　　The National Bureau of Statistics is reporting housing prices in major Chinese Cities for January increased 2.2 percent month on month.

 

　　New house prices gained an average 0.8 percent over the same period than a year earlier.

 

　　CRI's Shen Ting takes a close look.

 

　　Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2012 shows an apartment building in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. [Photo: Xinhua]

 

　　The figure could stun¹ particularly those who might have expected further plunges² in new house prices following a 10 month decline.

 

　　"I followed closely to the fluctuation³ of the housing price though I just bought one last month. But every hike is directly related to our interests."

 

　　But the bigger concern on this occasion, may be for the government.

 

　　Two days before the data release, Chinese Premier⁴ Wen Jiabao announced at a State Council meeting the government would step up regulations in the country's real estate market.

 

　　However, the tightening⁵ policies dubbed⁶ as 'the new five regulations', have been described as gentle.

 

　　Ding Jiangang is the chief commentator⁷ on real estate issues for Xinhua News Agency.

 

　　"How strong the government has come to the control front, how effective the policies at practice, we will see it at the follow-up measures; such as how many cities and regions the trial property tax is going to expand, how stringent⁸ the tax will be and should the existing housing be levied⁹?"

 

　　But is tax the only way out here?

 

　　A trial property tax was recently launched in Shanghai and Chongqing on a trial basis, and some residents are saying it has made life more difficult.

 

　　"I only have to pay an average property tax of 15 hundred on a monthly basis as the apartment is quite compact and tight. Even that I still feel the pinch let alone without the support from my parents."

 

　　At the same meeting, the State Council has pledged to maintain land supply and increase it in some cases. Ding Jiangang welcomes the move.

 

　　"The key to solve the problem is to break the land supply monopoly. Say if we could have more than one land reserve center in a city, equaling at functions of land sell and storage, then the monopoly will be torn down."

 

　　The government has vowed¹⁰ a greater supply of medium and small sized apartments.

 

　　But it remains¹¹ to be seen whether that tackles the price issues marring a real-estate market, which is seen as a direct factor in around 40 other business sectors¹² around the country.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Shen Ting.

1 stun   

vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹

参考例句：

• When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
• Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。

2 plunges   

n.跳进，投入vt.使投入，使插入，使陷入vi.投入，跳进，陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场，就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人，他头冲下跳下山坡去了，像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

3 fluctuation   

n.(物价的)波动，涨落；周期性变动；脉动

参考例句：

• The erratic fluctuation of market prices are in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。
• Early and adequate drainage is essential if fluctuation occurs.有波动感时，应及早地充分引流。

4 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

5 tightening   

上紧，固定，紧密

参考例句：

• Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
• It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。

6 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。

8 stringent   

adj.严厉的；令人信服的；银根紧的

参考例句：

• Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
• Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。

9 levied   

征（兵）( levy的过去式和过去分词 )； 索取； 发动（战争）； 征税

参考例句：

• Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor. 向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多。
• Heavy fines were levied on motoring offenders. 违规驾车者会遭到重罚。

10 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》